I think that’s really not a well informed statement. Would you say only a German orchestra really knows how to play Beethoven? Or only a Finnish orchestra really knows how to play Sibelius? For too long great English music seemed to be almost the exclusive province of Eng;ish orchestras and this was a principal cause of many outstanding works being hardly ever heard outside the home country. Fortunately this is no longer the case and the music world is richer for that.
Beeindruckend
Well, the only orchestra that really knows how to play Elgar!
I think that’s really not a well informed statement. Would you say only a German orchestra really knows how to play Beethoven? Or only a Finnish orchestra really knows how to play Sibelius? For too long great English music seemed to be almost the exclusive province of Eng;ish orchestras and this was a principal cause of many outstanding works being hardly ever heard outside the home country. Fortunately this is no longer the case and the music world is richer for that.